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NASB | Matthew 12:37 "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 12:37 "For by your words [reflecting your spiritual condition] you will be justified and acquitted of the guilt of sin; and by your words [rejecting Me] you will be condemned and sentenced." |
Bible Question: What is Jesus teaching in Matthew 12:36,37? |
Bible Answer: I believe that this verse, along with many others, runs in correlation with what Jesus was teaching in Mark 7:18-23 and the teaching of James 3:3-12..It is what 'comes out' of us that makes us 'unclean' (by our actions, thoughts and words) since it is out of our hearts that we do the things that we do, say the things that we say and think the things that we think. Our words can both bring us to salvation (Romans 10:9,13) and be 'the very world of iniquity' (James 3:6). So we must be self controlled and watch what we say (Matthew 5:37) and build up each other in Christian love. |
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Huron |